- Kat -

Yesterday, Kris (aka krisluvsdogs) very suddenly lost one of her dogs, a german shepard mix named Ruby. Nobody is sure what exactly caused it, but Ruby had a sudden aneurism and died of internal blood loss at the vet's office. Kris and her dad were there to say goodbye. Ruby was a special dog who struck lucky when she found Kris's family. She was loved and safe, something that she wanted for all of her life. She was a good dog, and she will be missed.

Glad that things are moving along!

I didn't know you were renovating! Hopefully they get their act together. I've always wanted to donate blood but I keep missing any drives in my area. I guess I could just head in on my own but I always forget to do that, too :S

It's tried! I've managed to avoid it by going outside as little as possible. Not much going on right now, hanging out with a friend and listening to music while drawing~

I'm really terrible at remembering to talk to people D: Sorry guys. In part, it's because nothing has really happened of interest lately. Ren Fest jsut finished it's second weekend, but I haven't been involved at all so it isn't really effecting me yet. I've just been going to work, watching people play video games, drawing, writing, nothing particularly interesting! It's waaaaaaay too hot over here. I'm sick of it x.x Fall, get here faster please.

They were both all about my mom's Nook before the screen cracked. She has a new one now but I don't know if she's gonna tell them about it XD Their dad has a Mac, too, but I'm not sure how often they get to use it.

O: I shall keep this in mind! Right now I'm babysitting a little girl (5 years old) and her brother (2 years old). He's happy watching Nick Jr. and playing with his cars, but she's all about trying to use my laptop XD

XD I saw that in your topic. I do have an excellent camera! I, however, am not yet an excellent photographer, and haven not mastered the art of getting fireworks pictures that don't look like amorphous blobs. One of our other friends managed to get a few though and is supposed to send them to us, so once I get those, I'll post them!

He actually did fine with a bath XD It wasn't traumatic at all. Since it was requested in Horatio's topic, here is my 4th of July summary: We went to our friend's house, like usual. The day was filled with smoke bombs, jumping jacks, and sinking empty cans with water dynamite. Much fun was had, and I caught up with a friend I haven't seen in about 9 years. He has a cool girlfriend who talked Pokemon with me. I have to say, our evening fireworks were probably the most impressive we've had for a while. A friend of ours brought a huge mortar set with lots of different effects, and of course we had our own fireworks we'd bought a couple weeks ago. My Sea Monster went off beautifully, it's my favorite because it's got an effect that literally looks like little sparkling jellyfish are floating to the ground. Our big finale was kind of exciting because some of it went off a little low to the ground, but in the end it worked out really well because basically the entire back yard was full of explosions XD Some people around us were setting off literal sticks of dynamite. That got annoying. But it was actually a beautiful day, so we weren't too hot, I only got one bug bite, and the fireworks and company were excellent~

He certainly seems happy! Not sure how long that will last, though. Mom's about to give him a bath.

Yeah, it's especially annoying because our district manager won't let us have a fan in our area so we have to try to be friendly and welcoming to customers while we're sweaty and dying. how long will you be home?

I could have used some of that rain, it was so hot today x.x What really stinks is that the AC in our store doesn't work very well, so it's always super hot inside as well as outside. Same goes for my car. I've never tried Indian food. All I know about is curry, which I don't know if I'd like because I have a very low tolerance for spicy things.

From what we've gathered from his behavior, we think he belonged to an older lady that passed away. Whoever was taking care of her things afterwards either lost him accidentally and never bothered looking for him, or turned him loose on purpose because they didn't feel like taking care of him. Either way, people can be irresponsible and cruel. We're glad that it seems like he was only out and on his own for a short time.

I think he was just kind of overwhelmed with the new house, he hasn't had an accident for a few days. And his name at the shelter was Noodles, but mom didn't like it so she went with Pippin. He was a pick-up and not a turn-in so they didn't know what his name used to be. He was skinny when they found him, but had obviously had a recent hair cut and had lived with someone before.

You were making an artistic statement and nobody can judge art. Say that if it ever happens again and someone points it out to you XD I want rain ;___; it's cooler here than it has been for a while but rain would be nice!

Oh, and Horatio, I keep meaning to go out and check what all food and stuff we have left over for hamsters, but then I keep forgetting until it's too dark to see on the patio x.x I'll try to get an inventory on that soon!

There is news in the world of Kat! The biggest being that we got a new dog. Mom had been looking for a little dog, one that could sit in her lap with her while she worked on stuff. We looked for a few weeks, and on Friday, we brought home Pippin. He's a poodle mix (we think he's part terrier, too), and he's fitting in very well. He's very cuddly and loves to be pet, and he gets along well with Annie. Sophie hates him, but that was to be expected. He's very, very quiet, I've get to hear him make any noise aside from a growl when he and Annie were playing with a tug toy. He only has two problems that we're going to train with him on. The first, and most important, is that he doesn't like going to the bathroom outside. If we take him out on his lead, he just kind of sits next to us and won't even start sniffing around unless you take him out far enough in the yard. He'll go if you stay out there a while, but the problem is that he doesn't tell us when he needs to go, and thus ends up going in the house. This is not ideal. Also, he's a big beggar when anyone has food. Annie had a similar potty issue when we got her, and also she chewed up everything in sight (including one of my mom's expensive fashion dolls), so I'm pretty sure we'll get through with Pippin just fine. He's a little sweetie :3 Other than that, not a whole lot has been happening. I might do some house-sitting later this week for a friend, and I'm getting more hours at work. That's pretty much it!

The Jet-Setting Life of Horatio: International Hamster of Mystery

XD Coffee is a powerful thing!

XD was that in the wrong topic?

Oh yeah, Horatio, I was going to ask you. How much of the stuff I still have from Sasha do you think I need to replace? I was thinking about getting another hamster, and I still have a lot of bedding and food left over. I wasn't sure how much of that spoils and needs to be tossed out.

That isn't supposed to be a grumpy face. It was supposed to be >_>

I will have to remember this.

o.o did a spam bot get ahold of your account, Horatio?

Her dad added me on FB because I was helping coordinate stuff on her page and talk to people. I'm still sending all my thoughts and prayers to him.